The petition of the gentry, ministers, and commonalty of the county of Kent : agreed upon at the Generall assizes last holden for that county : the copie of which petition being delivered to Judge Mallet (who was for that circuit) and afterwards to the Earle of Bristoll : which petition being concealed from the Parliament by the Earle of Bristoll and the said Iudge Mallet, was for the same, both committed to the Tower, March 28, 1642.